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Sunday, April 15, 2012

The 2 browser trick for 100,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles

EDIT: As of 2/2013, looks like Citibank is putting a stop to the 2 browser trick for 2 American Airlines credit cards.

As I’ve mentioned in
previous posts, one should always make every purchase possible with a rewards credit
card. Rewards credit cards allow
you to get cash back, points or frequent flyer miles on every purchase that you
make. It’s free money, and if
you’re not making every purchase with your credit card, you’re not maximizing
on the amount of rewards you can earn.

One exception: remember
to never make purchase on items you don’t need just to earn a few extra bonus
points; in most cases this extra spending may not be worth it. You’re better off spending money only on purchases that you
can afford.

While rewards credit
cards give you rewards on every purchase, the absolute fastest way to earn free
rewards is with sign up bonuses.

Credit cards want a
place in your wallet. For every
purchase that you make, your credit card company makes money in the form of
transaction fees. They make enough
money to be able to share some of it with you in the form of cash back, points, or miles. In order to entice
customers to use their credit cards, banks often offer huge sign up bonuses to
get you hooked on their credit card.
These credit card companies want their consumers NOT to use their credit
responsibly, which will lead to costly credit card debt. These companies will make ridiculous amounts of
money by charging high interest rates and fees. Don't fall for this trap.

The 2 browser trick

Today I am going to talk
about the infamous “2 browser trick” for earning 100,000American
Airlines frequent flyer miles.
This whole process will take about 5 minutes and it is simply the fastest
way for you to earn the most American Airlines free miles possible. I’ve heard about this trick for a long
time, but recently I’ve become extremely intrigued in signing up for this. As I’ve mentioned before, we are
recently engaged, and while planning our wedding we are also planning on going
on an extravagant honeymoon… for free!

American Airlines has
several affiliated credit cards.
The “2 browser trick” will involve applying for both a VISA branded AA
credit card as well as an American Express branded AA credit card… at the same
time. The current best promotion
(which may not last very long) is a secret sign up link that gives you 50,000
AA miles after signing up as a new cardholder for either the VISA or the AMEX
version of this card and spending $3000.

To get in on
this fantastic deal of 100,000 AA miles, you need to apply for both cards at the same time. If you apply for the VISA card today
and the AMEX card tomorrow or next week, you will not qualify, because you are
no longer a first time new American Airlines cardholder.

1. First sign up for the AAdvantage
frequent flyer mile programhere. It’s fast, easy, and free.

2. You need to have two different Internet browsers in order for this trick to work. You can use any two browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer). Open two separate Internet browsers
(take your pick, any two will work).

4. Fill out both applications in both
separate Internet browsers, but DO NOT click submit yet. After both applications are filled out
completely, quickly click submit in one browser window, then go to the other
browser window and also click submit immediately afterwards. If everything goes well, you will be
approved instantly for BOTH credit cards at the same time. One additional benefit for the 2
browser trick is that your credit report may only be pulled once (instead of
twice), giving you only 1 hard inquiry on your credit report, which will only
lower your credit score by about 5 points.

My fiance and I learned that it is best to apply for this card during the day time. She applied at 11pm, and the cards were NOT instantly approved. She had to wait until the office opened in the morning to call and get the cards instantly approved over the telephone. When calling about the cards, only call regarding one card at a time, and NOT both, or else you could risk losing out on the deal.

5. Both credit card applications do not
give you details as to the exact promotion that you are signing up for. Let me personally tell you that my
fiancé signed up for both links yesterday, then called in today to confirm that
she got accepted for both credit cards, and confirmed the following promotional
terms:

$150 Statement credit after making any purchase through American Airlines (like
checking in a bag, or buying a drink on the flight)

The terms are the same on both the Visa card as well as the AMEX card.

The risk to using the 2
browser trick with the secret links that I have provided is that AA may instead
give 30,000 AA miles with each credit card. So you are getting either 100,000 miles or 60,000 miles with
both credit card signups. There is
no absolute guarantee that this will work for everyone, although a simple
google search reveals that the 2 browser trick works practically for everyone
who has good credit.

6. I would apply for the 2 browser trick
before the deal ends (expiration on the deal is unknown). In the past,
AA has offered up to 75,000 miles with each sign up, but currently the best
available public offer is only 30,000 miles.
The links I have provided are secret links that give 50,000 miles with
each sign up. (I do not make any money from the above secret links). There are other offers on the Citibank page that give you 30,000 miles for spending $1000, but I recommend doing these 2 specific deals for the 50,000 miles because you get a lot more miles all at once.

7. What can you redeem
with all your miles? See the American Airlines website herefor details. I’ve put up an image showing an example
of what miles are worth in terms of travel:

35,000 miles will give us a round trip
economy class flight to the Bahamas

60,000 miles will give us a round trip
business / first class flight to the Bahamas

60,000 miles will give us a round trip economy class flight to Europe

100,000 miles will give us a round trip business / first class flight to
Europe

As you can see, these miles can really
take you to far and exotic places, for free. You can redeem your AA miles at their redemption website here.

8.
In order to qualify for this deal, we will need to spend $3000on each
card within the first 4 months, which will be easy for us to accomplish as we pay for wedding services. I am determined to go on our honeymoon
for free as a way to really kick off our new married lives together.

9. Don't forget to enjoy your Admiral's Club lounge passes:

You can read more about
the 2 browser trick from one of my favorite travel blog sites: Million Mile Secrets.

Have a good flight.Update: here are 2 variations of the 50,000 American Airlines mile cards from the Citibank website that both expire 4/30/2012. Please read each option carefully and decide which one works best for you. The deals below will require greater spending (40,000 AA miles after spending $2,000 within 4 months and then 10,000 AA miles after spending $5,000 within the first 12 months of cardmembership).